Secondary Characters In Fifth Business By Robertson Davies

She lost another love by the name of Oluf, could not find much work, and lost hard-earned money through a bad business investment. After all this peril she took Russell and Doris and moved to Baltimore. Another move equaled more stress, less money, and more struggling to get by. With what seemed to be the world against her, she made it. She remarried, bought a house, and became the success she demanded of herself. Every step of the way Russell was exposed to all the ups and downs. His mother’s life during those times shaped and influenced his own.

Prosper Selkirk, John Torrington, and Lafey Dodge are on the other side of the spectrum as they are the antagonists that represent big corporation. Each prominent character adds to the storylines thickness and to the adversity Hitch must come to face.

The text uses main character, Clare, to demonstrate how an individual's abandonment of their own race in pursuit of better life ultimately leaves them feeling lost in society. Clare represents this pursual of a better life, by passing in order to marry into

As a child, Dunny felt guilty for the accident, and its affect on Mrs. Dempster. As he sees the weak child, Paul, grow his guilt also

In contrast, when we interpret Mary Dempster along Jungian archetypes, we see her in various roles and see her as a dynamic character who changes as much as Dunny does in the novel since she is arguably, one of the active agents for change in Dunny's life. Firstly, she is the mother figure, bringing forth a weakened child into the world. She then becomes a type of a savior figure, not only because of her appearance to Dunny as he crawls through the mud in World War I, but also because she gave of herself unselfishly to the drifter in the grave pit. After this incident she is not crazy, but distracted. She becomes the Jungian outcast in the novel since the small town mentality cannot accept why she would ever prostate herself to a drifter. Mary becomes other things through the novel. This is just a start. The point is

In addition to his commitment to Mary Dempster, Dunstan felt responsible for the premature birth of her son Paul Dempster, which led him to also care for Paul.

     The plan for Janie’s future begins with her lack of having real parents. Hurston builds up a foundation for Janie that is bound to fall like a Roman Empire. Janie’s grandmother, whom she refers to as “Nanny” takes the position as Janie’s guardian. The problem begins here for Janie because her Nanny not only spoils her, but also makes life choices for her. Nanny is old, and she only wants the best for her grandchild, for she knows that the world is a cruel place. Nanny makes the mistake of not allowing Janie to learn anything on her own. When Janie was sixteen years old, Nanny wanted to see her get married. Although Janie argued at first, Nanny insisted that Janie get married. “’Yeah, Janie, youse got yo’ womanhood on yuh… Ah wants to see you married right away.’” (Page 12). Janie was not given a choice in this decision. Her Nanny even had a suitor picked out for her. Janie told herself that she would try to make the best of the situation and attempt to find love in her marriage to Logan Killicks. But, as time went by, Janie realized that she still did not have any feelings of what she had considered to be love in her husband.

Through Hen’s journey She is challenged with thinking of her young daughter as well as herself. Hen struggles as she says ‘“I can’t blame him - Mattie Sue’s his daughter, too” (Lewis 18). Hen is not a selfish person but she does want the best for Mattie. She also has to think about what is best for her and her marriage. Hen and Rowlandson both struggle with the challenge of self. Rowlandson also has a child along with her through her experience. She thinks nothing of herself but of the child. “I sat much alone with a poor wounded child in my lap” (Rowlandson

A great number of monologs in the story refer to Darl, another son of dying Addie. His brilliant and poetic statements hit the nail and I wanted to re-read them again and again. Sometimes the reader can even forget that this man is also a part of this crazy spoiled family. His free and intelligent soul is far from ostentatious heroism and inadequate actions of other family members. As for me, it is the noblest character of all the presented. Dismissal and philosophical nature of Darl distinguish him from the others and I want to believe that he was adopted or aliens brought under the door of the house of this family, but not that he somehow is a part of this circus that called the family. Undoubtedly, this character brings a huge contribution

Robertson Davies’ novel Fifth Business outlines the development of the lost and empty main character Dunstan Ramsay. Dunstan forms many relationships on many different levels. Each of Dunstan’s private and intimate relationships gave him a unique view of his identity. These relationships help him understand and get closer to the accomplishments of his quest of self knowledge, happiness, and ultimately fulfilling his role as ‘Fifth Business’. Diana, Liesl and Mrs. Dempster play vital roles in Dunstan’s understanding of himself.

To conclude, these are the four loneliest characters in the novel. They all have similarities in terms of dreams and loneliness however in the story the characters do not notice this but the reader almost classifies these characters as an outsiders group. Their characters show how having big dreams and high aspirations can make you lonelier. We can also see how the views of society affect loneliness such as the acceptance of racism and sexism in this time period as well as the fact that every man was for himself so there

To finalize, both novels include secondary character that play the role of a spokesmen in which they use their intellect and persuasive skill to assist their leader's power.

A saint is a person who’s admired or venerated because of their virtue. Throughout the novel Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, it has been well stated that Dunstan Ramsey would do anything for Mrs Dempster. Davies uses the idea of Dunstan replacing his own mother figure with Mrs. Dempster, if she is a Saint then he did not ruin her life by his involvement with the snowball incident and that he needs her to be a Saint in his mind to liberate himself of guilt.

Choose a character out of the novel; describe the characters personality and placement in the novel.

The character Scott an upper-class individual son of a mayor, in the (sexuality) hustling business created a false identity to bother his father. A two-face who first hanged out with Bob’s group first and then went back to his real life. Then through the character Mike a young man who suffers from narcoleptic seizure; condition in where he falls asleep deep anywhere and at any time. A character who keeps looking for his personal identity. He misses and starts to look for his mother. On the road, he always says like he has been there before. Through the words, he understands his own value and repeats